MoTaz Profile Banner
MoTaz Profile
MoTaz

@azaizamotaz9

1,051,958
Followers
490
Following
1,095
Media
5,166
Statuses

A genocide survivor, Trying to tell more

Palestine
Joined February 2018
Don't wanna be here? Send us removal request.
@azaizamotaz9
MoTaz
6 months
Israel killed her and her parents today
1K
152K
297K
@azaizamotaz9
MoTaz
3 months
So, I had to evacuate for a lot of reasons you all know some of it but not all of it. Thank you all Pray for Gaza.
8K
107K
272K
@azaizamotaz9
MoTaz
5 months
It’s about life or death now I did what I could We are surrounded by the Israeli tanks
Tweet media one
6K
127K
252K
@azaizamotaz9
MoTaz
6 months
Visiting my grandmother during war
Tweet media one
2K
25K
233K
@azaizamotaz9
MoTaz
5 months
It’s been almost 2 months since I came to the beach and watched the sunset. We miss our life
Tweet media one
2K
35K
206K
@azaizamotaz9
MoTaz
6 months
The most disgusting comment I ever received
Tweet media one
5K
75K
196K
@azaizamotaz9
MoTaz
3 months
Our smile is a kind of resilience @WaelDahdouh
Tweet media one
2K
51K
194K
@azaizamotaz9
MoTaz
4 months
You are all useless Without shame watching us getting killed one by one Will wait my turn to be killed by Israel And believe me you are gonna do nothing
Tweet media one
5K
91K
190K
@azaizamotaz9
MoTaz
6 months
2023 NAKBA Hell no I didn’t want to be the photographer who document this tragedy
Tweet media one
Tweet media two
Tweet media three
Tweet media four
1K
89K
185K
@azaizamotaz9
MoTaz
3 months
I left Gaza with a broken heart and eyes filled with tears. There was no other option after 108 days of continuous massacres against us. It’s time to move somewhere else so I can do more work and I pray that I can be a reason to stop this war and help rebuild Gaza again. I’ve…
Tweet media one
Tweet media two
Tweet media three
Tweet media four
2K
70K
183K
@azaizamotaz9
MoTaz
5 months
Day 61 We are supposed to go on without showing emotions or expressing how we feel about this genocide This is the Palestinian life We are still alive and we will never leave this land for them
Tweet media one
Tweet media two
2K
71K
180K
@azaizamotaz9
MoTaz
5 months
If I called for huge protests all over the world, especially in the US to stop killing us and call for a ceasefire Do you believe we could move the people to do it? Ceasefire now!
Tweet media one
4K
108K
176K
@azaizamotaz9
MoTaz
3 months
Fuck the ICJ and the whole world governments. We lost our trust in every decision maker in the world. Ceasefire now
3K
82K
170K
@azaizamotaz9
MoTaz
5 months
From a guy who dreamed to travel and get the visa easily as a Palestinian, to a guy be printed on all the world walls as a hero Damn, how the life changed in a short time
@CensoredMen
Censored Men
5 months
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇵🇸 A mural of the Palestinian journalist, Motaz Azaiza, on an accounting firm in Manchester, England. @azaizamotaz9
Tweet media one
197
4K
16K
2K
39K
163K
@azaizamotaz9
MoTaz
5 months
My mother made Maqloube today. We were all so excited to see the results. It’s turned out perfect.
2K
37K
162K
@azaizamotaz9
MoTaz
5 months
I found that Mohammed, a young boy, my cousin passed. They found him under the rubble. R.I.P Mohammed
3K
60K
159K
@azaizamotaz9
MoTaz
6 months
Never forget to say Free Palestine 🇵🇸
3K
70K
153K
@azaizamotaz9
MoTaz
4 months
@IDF What about the christians you killed in Gaza ?
Tweet media one
745
53K
153K
@azaizamotaz9
MoTaz
5 months
It’s 66 days not 63 Anyway, I am asking all the humans around the world, even animals to go and protest to stop the killing of us. It’s simple, Stop Killing US !!! Stop the Genocide No more words needed Ceasefire now!
2K
86K
150K
@azaizamotaz9
MoTaz
3 months
First time attending the Jumaa prayer in 119 days. Alhamdulilah
Tweet media one
536
28K
150K
@azaizamotaz9
MoTaz
6 months
RIP Liza! 😔 My cat passed away a few hours ago and there was no way to find a vet to help her. I’m really losing a lot everyday.
2K
34K
148K
@azaizamotaz9
MoTaz
6 months
Staying alive is more stressful than dying. At least when you die you will not feel a thing. We never had a choice, and when we do it’s about choosing to stay and die or leave and lose everything you worked for. Most Palestinians born to be one of those things: A martyr, a…
Tweet media one
2K
62K
146K
@azaizamotaz9
MoTaz
6 months
No caption needed, just look and you’ll see for yourself.
Tweet media one
Tweet media two
1K
73K
141K
@azaizamotaz9
MoTaz
6 months
Went to the supermarket to buy things and found nothing. We found biscuits later.
Tweet media one
Tweet media two
870
25K
141K
@azaizamotaz9
MoTaz
5 months
Believe me or not But I feel shame for just being a photographer who documents I wish I could do more than just documenting and talking about it. Be the one who stop this genocide
4K
63K
142K
@azaizamotaz9
MoTaz
5 months
Tweet media one
914
16K
135K
@azaizamotaz9
MoTaz
5 months
Yesterday in the hospital I met these amazing fans
Tweet media one
981
28K
133K
@azaizamotaz9
MoTaz
6 months
Reporting from the middle area, I was going to buy my grandma water and an Israeli air strike hit a house near by.
2K
70K
132K
@azaizamotaz9
MoTaz
5 months
Israeli army arrested Palestinian civilians from a school in Beit Lahia in the north of Gaza Strip, and forced them to take off their cloths and left them in the cold street before detaining them They were all civilians
Tweet media one
Tweet media two
3K
87K
132K
@azaizamotaz9
MoTaz
5 months
The sound of Israeli tanks is very close They are shooting without stopping Pray for us
Tweet media one
Tweet media two
2K
71K
130K
@azaizamotaz9
MoTaz
5 months
Meet the youngest journalist in Gaza Lama Jamous. Follow Lama and support her🙏🏽❤️
945
43K
127K
@azaizamotaz9
MoTaz
5 months
All this pressure on my mental health will make me pay a lot in the future I feel my chest wants to go out by all of the blockade and shortage in every essential supply My stomach feels like cut into parts and my brain is about to explode 🤯
Tweet media one
3K
40K
127K
@azaizamotaz9
MoTaz
5 months
Day 55
Tweet media one
1K
21K
125K
@azaizamotaz9
MoTaz
5 months
Please God stop this genocide
2K
69K
125K
@azaizamotaz9
MoTaz
5 months
Thank you 🙏🏼
@GQMiddleEast
GQ Middle East
5 months
GQ Middle East honours Motaz Azaiza ( @motaz_azaiza ) as our ‘Man of the Year’ in dedication for those whose fearlessness remains unmatched: @byplestia , @hindkhoudary , @wael_eldahdouh , and the countless names we know of and the ones that we don’t. READ MORE:
Tweet media one
419
12K
33K
1K
27K
124K
@azaizamotaz9
MoTaz
6 months
Dear my people I am very sorry for filming you in these circumstances and very sad for documenting this tragedy and showing you in your most difficult times. I also want to tell you that when I saw you leaving the city behind, Gaza the city of love and war I wished to not be…
2K
59K
122K
@azaizamotaz9
MoTaz
4 months
Even if I made it and stayed a live, will I be mentally able to enjoy a moment in my whole life?
Tweet media one
2K
58K
121K
@azaizamotaz9
MoTaz
5 months
ان اصغرنا بطل Even our babies are heroes
Tweet media one
825
42K
120K
@azaizamotaz9
MoTaz
4 months
It was painful for me to be Isolated by some people from my community Some of them asked me to not come to their places because Israeli occupation may kill me and they don’t want to die and some stopped to stand with me and even I felt like they are ignoring me. I completely…
4K
42K
120K
@azaizamotaz9
MoTaz
5 months
End the siege on Gaza Free Palestine 🇵🇸
Tweet media one
986
34K
116K
@azaizamotaz9
MoTaz
6 months
Day 42 We are living the most awful days in this life It’s been a lot of hard times before, we been under Israeli occupation since 1948 This time is the hardest, death is the cheapest and the most easy thing to get I’m losing weight and power
Tweet media one
Tweet media two
Tweet media three
Tweet media four
2K
53K
116K
@azaizamotaz9
MoTaz
4 months
We will survive.
2K
48K
114K
@azaizamotaz9
MoTaz
5 months
I start to cry the moment I watch a video for how Gaza was looks like before 7th of October. Our life then was miserable and full with struggles but at least we have our city and we love it so much They destroyed everything
2K
52K
113K
@azaizamotaz9
MoTaz
4 months
Israel killed my friend, the drone camera operator so there will not be aerial footage to show the massive destruction on the main way in the middle area. Israel killed all the journalists with drones or intercepted and stole their drones as you saw before. But I’m trying to show…
2K
68K
112K
@azaizamotaz9
MoTaz
5 months
I believe he was peacefully making a cup of tea before the Israeli warplanes bombed the house. Israel must be proud about their speed to kill, they can do it before the cup of tea is ready, especially if the target is Palestinians. I don’t want to imagine, I don’t want to…
Tweet media one
1K
60K
110K
@azaizamotaz9
MoTaz
6 months
The super mom She kept pulling her 2 kids for more than 5 hours which is 14 km From Gaza coast to the middle area
802
44K
105K
@azaizamotaz9
MoTaz
4 months
100 days Hundred days of losing, suffering, pain, fighting to survive and showing the RAW realities to the whole world. With no lie, with no filters. I showed the whole world the meaning of being Palestinian living in Gaza Strip. I showed you how we love the life and how we…
2K
82K
106K
@azaizamotaz9
MoTaz
6 months
Introducing Sukar, I spent sometime with family today
Tweet media one
Tweet media two
708
17K
103K
@azaizamotaz9
MoTaz
4 months
My friend Fouad who was killed today was the one who took this picture of me. When will this stop?
Tweet media one
1K
45K
103K
@azaizamotaz9
MoTaz
4 months
No caption needed. But if you care about us, escalate your efforts and do whatever you can to stop this genocide and demand a ceasefire before the end of this year. We can’t take it anymore
Tweet media one
1K
67K
102K
@azaizamotaz9
MoTaz
4 months
Rest in Peace buddy 💔 The most beautiful soul, the most compassionate person you’ll ever know. Ahmed Ismail @AJ_Looped was filling the water containers when the Israeli artillery opened fire on his house and the neighborhood.
Tweet media one
Tweet media two
Tweet media three
Tweet media four
2K
44K
101K
@azaizamotaz9
MoTaz
5 months
I never thought I’d be documenting my people’s Genocide. Ceasefire now
Tweet media one
Tweet media two
Tweet media three
950
41K
101K
@azaizamotaz9
MoTaz
6 months
I don’t know people are going to deal winter under this war, how are they going to find shelter and cover from this rain storm. How are they going to find food or hot water to keep their body warm in this cold. Ceasefire now
1K
61K
97K
@azaizamotaz9
MoTaz
5 months
وكأن الهدنة جسراً تسير فيه نحو ضفة الموت الأخرى تنتظر مصيرك لينالك ما نال الآخرين هدنة لا شيء فيها يشبه الهدنة فلا وصلتك مساعدات ولا استطعت حتى شراء ما يلزمك لأنه غير موجود تستمر في معاناتك بينما ينعتك الآخرون بالصامد القوي فيرون بذلك انك اسطورة فترتاح ضمائرهم وتصدق أنت تلك…
Tweet media one
3K
35K
97K
@azaizamotaz9
MoTaz
4 months
More than 160 baby got killed in less than 24 hours
1K
68K
97K
@azaizamotaz9
MoTaz
5 months
Ceasefire now
Tweet media one
1K
49K
97K
@azaizamotaz9
MoTaz
6 months
We may have lost hope But we will never lose our faith in god.
Tweet media one
Tweet media two
877
39K
95K
@azaizamotaz9
MoTaz
5 months
We are driving to Rafah border crossing to drop our colleague Ali Jadallah and his family to evacuate to Egypt. If you saw this video, it means we are still alive.
1K
39K
95K
@azaizamotaz9
MoTaz
3 months
I wish to be always a well representative to my people.
Tweet media one
776
22K
96K
@azaizamotaz9
MoTaz
6 months
I received many threats and offers to stop, to leave, to surrender, to have the good life. Never gonna leave my lovely strip behind and if Im gone, there’s brothers behind to continue showing the world the RAW realities. Motaz Azaiza
2K
36K
94K
@azaizamotaz9
MoTaz
5 months
A man is holding a little girl after he extracted her from under the rubble of her destroyed house by the Israeli war planes. This photo have been taken by me from my street today.
Tweet media one
1K
56K
93K
@azaizamotaz9
MoTaz
3 months
I’m continuing, I’m speaking up.
Tweet media one
Tweet media two
511
41K
92K
@azaizamotaz9
MoTaz
4 months
My heart is deeply broken for losing more two of my colleagues and friends in an Israeli air strike. One of them is the bigger son of @WaelDahdouh Hamza That’s enough
Tweet media one
Tweet media two
1K
43K
91K
@azaizamotaz9
MoTaz
4 months
Day 80
Tweet media one
767
38K
90K
@azaizamotaz9
MoTaz
4 months
1O2
Tweet media one
711
28K
90K
@azaizamotaz9
MoTaz
6 months
I’m happy for completing my degree and my graduating ceremony Israeli soldiers are happy for destroying one of the best universities in Gaza where thousands of students are being well educated.
Tweet media one
Tweet media two
Tweet media three
551
38K
89K
@azaizamotaz9
MoTaz
4 months
Instead of being in Istanbul I’m above the water containers trying to get 3G connection so I can watch the award ceremony footage I’m not even able to express how mad I am and can’t even thank people in a gentle way because I feel desperate and disgusted from my situation here…
Tweet media one
894
34K
89K
@azaizamotaz9
MoTaz
5 months
What Im feeling because of this war: I have become to be a cold person despite the reality of me being always excited about things I really don’t care about anything whatever is good or bad. I am only curious about a cease fire
1K
30K
87K
@azaizamotaz9
MoTaz
6 months
A second Nakba unfolding right in front of our eyes. Ceasefire now
1K
52K
87K
@azaizamotaz9
MoTaz
5 months
Connection lost The maintenance team of the telecommunications company is not able to repair the damaged parts due to the heavy Israeli strikes in Khan-younes
Tweet media one
Tweet media two
672
45K
86K
@azaizamotaz9
MoTaz
5 months
I’m leaving now, it’s so dark and it’s scary especially after the Israeli tanks entered the middle area. They got 3 people from under the rubble A number of martyrs and injuries. I don’t know the final number yet
1K
52K
86K
@azaizamotaz9
MoTaz
5 months
I went to the beach today and found a spot where I can watch the beautiful sunset from the middle area, and connect to 5G A lot of people are over here for the same reasons We missed our beach and the beautiful sunsets
540
30K
85K
@azaizamotaz9
MoTaz
6 months
I just don’t know.. What to do more, what to lose more or what to show more? We all will be killed and terror will destroy us from the inside and no one will stop the genocide. Stop giving advices you(The whole world) It’s been a MONTH! Photo by Mustafa Musallam
Tweet media one
833
45K
84K
@azaizamotaz9
MoTaz
4 months
If you'd contemplated the victim's face and thought, you would have remembered your mother in the gas chamber, you would have liberated yourself from the rifle's wisdom and changed your mind: this isn't how identity is reclaimed!
@YinonMagal
ינון מגל
4 months
לקח לריאות
2K
463
2K
1K
43K
85K
@azaizamotaz9
MoTaz
5 months
We lost some of our best. We are not numbers.
Tweet media one
Tweet media two
Tweet media three
Tweet media four
480
39K
84K
@azaizamotaz9
MoTaz
4 months
A moment with my only healer
821
17K
83K
@azaizamotaz9
MoTaz
4 months
Some of the friends I lost and there is more..
Tweet media one
941
31K
82K
@azaizamotaz9
MoTaz
5 months
The neighbours are cleaning the street after the massacre to allow people to walk and move with their cars There was a massacre here 2 days ago We don’t have the option to grieve We don’t have the option to cry We don’t have the option to keep silent and do nothing
884
50K
81K
@azaizamotaz9
MoTaz
5 months
I’m trying to reach the 3G or 4G with the esim, sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn’t You can hear the sound of drones and jet fighters I’m trying not to fall down if they strike near here And I don’t want no one to ask about my mental health. It’s gone.
1K
34K
81K
@azaizamotaz9
MoTaz
5 months
Some peaceful moments.
636
23K
80K
@azaizamotaz9
MoTaz
4 months
Rest In Peace @AJ_Looped Israel just killed another friend of mine and a dear neighbor Israel is a terror state.
Tweet media one
1K
30K
79K
@azaizamotaz9
MoTaz
4 months
Where I was spending time to take pictures for the oldest and beautiful mosque in Gaza
Tweet media one
@JehadAbusalim
Jehad Abusalim جهاد أبو سليم
4 months
Israel destroyed the Great Omari Mosque in Gaza, one of the oldest and most historically significant structures in both Palestine and the broader Middle East.
Tweet media one
Tweet media two
Tweet media three
Tweet media four
215
6K
9K
465
24K
78K
@azaizamotaz9
MoTaz
2 months
RIP Mohammed
Tweet media one
642
24K
78K
@azaizamotaz9
MoTaz
5 months
December 16th, it’s been 3 days without connection and internet. I’m trying to connect via esim, but it’s useless because you need to be close to the borders and also be on a high place in order to connect. The sky is full of apache helicopters, drones and jet fighters.
735
47K
77K
@azaizamotaz9
MoTaz
4 months
Israel just killed 4 of my colleagues in the Palestine Red Crescent while they was doing their job by bombing the ambulance they were riding
945
45K
77K
@azaizamotaz9
MoTaz
4 months
I’m inside the hospital, I went to ask about Layan’s case. I found that she passed 2 days ago after 7 hours of entering the hospital. She was deeply injured and she passed💔
1K
40K
77K
@azaizamotaz9
MoTaz
6 months
Many people in the streets with nowhere to go to. Long lines of people waiting to get bread. Anyone from outside Gaza that feels entitled to message me and say don’t post certain things is getting blocked. Stop messaging me from your comfort zone, this is our reality. You have…
1K
43K
76K
@azaizamotaz9
MoTaz
3 months
He is a freak
@RishiSunak
Rishi Sunak
3 months
From today we’re going further to bring order back to our streets.
8K
2K
14K
861
21K
76K
@azaizamotaz9
MoTaz
3 months
The Palestinian blood as valuable as any human blood around the world. Stop the double standards!
502
32K
76K
@azaizamotaz9
MoTaz
4 months
This is the drone that has been killing us
772
37K
75K
@azaizamotaz9
MoTaz
6 months
Will I make it to the end of this? (I don't know) But what Im sure about is: I've delivered a RAW images to the whole world to watch what is really happening to the innocent people of Gaza strip. Not funded, Moved or supported by any media or organization to do that. I repeat…
2K
30K
75K
@azaizamotaz9
MoTaz
4 months
A very low Israeli Quadcopter is above my house door Right Now
2K
25K
75K
@azaizamotaz9
MoTaz
4 months
Ahmed Ismail 31/12/2013💔
Tweet media one
878
19K
74K
@azaizamotaz9
MoTaz
5 months
It was very close Israeli tanks opened fire directly on us We made it to fall back This was on Salah Al-Din street.
2K
41K
73K
@azaizamotaz9
MoTaz
5 months
A lot of people are asking me about how to give or where to give donations or even if they could give donations to me ?! Let’s make this clear: Number of people, journalists, and others Started to share their stories to collect donations for themselves Which is normal for…
1K
30K
73K